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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 10 words
  3. TELEGRAMS.

    The voting for the vacancies in the Legislative Council took place yesterday. All the returns are not yet to hand, two being required for each, district. The candidates are as follow:—Central ...

    Article : 102 words
  4. CABLEGRAMS.

    SUAKIM, May 8, 11 a.m.—A review of the British forces in Suakim was held before General Wolseley this morning. It was a grand success. At the termination of the review Lord Wolseley ...

    Article : 167 words
  5. SHIPPING.

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  6. New Publications.

    THE VICTORIAN REVIEW, May 1885.—The number opens with an article on " Punishments, Human and Divine," by C. H. Spence, of Adelaide. It is a review of the two methods of punishment, as ...

    Article : 346 words
  7. Irresponsible Government.

    During the war excitement of the last few weeks it was stated in a semi-official manner that should hostilities actually commence Parliament would be called together ...

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  8. The Mails.

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  9. Paterson Council Election.

    The annual election of district councillors toot place yesterday, and caused a little stir. The retiring councillors were Messrs. James Puxty and John Brooker, who together with Mr. Henry Fry ...

    Article : 62 words
  10. The Captain and the Waterman.

    Captain Skillon, of the schooner Jennie B., was charged yesterday with having assaulted James Macracknera, waterman. It was the result of a quarrel a few days ago, and the defendant gave ...

    Article : 78 words
  11. Advertising

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  12. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 247 words
  13. Street Tramways.

    The following account of the working of cable tramways, a system which we have advocated, and which is now in the course of adoption in Melbourne, will be read with interest:—The cable itself is ...

    Article : 556 words
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    SUAKIM, May 8.—The entire force was inspected to-day by Lord Wolseley, who especially praised the physique and general appearance of the New South Wales Contingent. All the British officers ...

    Article : 61 words
  15. The Result of a Quarrel.

    Charles Anderson, a seaman on board the American schooner Quickstep, met with an accident yesterday. He sustained a compound fracture of the leg. He was conveyed to the hospital. ...

    Article : 50 words
  16. Mysterious Suicide.

    A young man named William Walters was found yesterday afternoon suspended by a horse rein from the rafters of a hayshed near Gale's Hotel. When the body was cut down life was ...

    Article : 112 words
  17. The Afghan Trouble.

    LONDON, May 8.—In the House of Commons, last night, Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice said, in reply to a question, that Colonel Ridgeway had been appointed to succeed General Lumsden. ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. The Minister of Mines.

    On the arrival of the ministerial party at Wentworth a cordial address of welcome was presented by the Mayor. In reply. Mr. ABROTT said that it was a great advantage to ...

    Article : 366 words
  19. Along the Wharves.

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  20. Mudgee Items.

    Some hopes are held out that an alteration in the carriage and delivery of the mails from Sydney to Mudgee will be effected. A curious letter was published in one of the ...

    Article : 56 words
  21. Advertising

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  22. Federation Enabling Bill.

    LONDON, May 7.—The Governments of Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania, through their respective Agents-General, have protested against the 31st clause in the Federation Enabling Bill ...

    Article : 76 words
  23. Masonry,

    The members of the Masonic Order are making arrangements for lidding a grand ball here in June. It will be on an extensive scale, and members of the "mystic tie" from Sydney, Newcastle ...

    Article : 45 words
  24. Phylloxera.

    The Mudgee Winegrowers' Association is on the alert, and has communicated with the wine-growers throughout the colony for the purpose of asking the Government to take such precautions ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. Australian Grapes.

    LONDON, May 7.—The Australian grapes received in the Orient Co.'s R.M.S. Chimborazo, which were landed in a damaged condition, have been found to be marketable for distillery ...

    Article : 35 words
  26. Roman Catholic Episcopate.

    Anent Roman Catholic episcopal appointments in the colonies, a Rome telegram says :—" The statement to the effect that negotiations are now going on between the British Government and the Holy See in ...

    Article : 154 words
  27. Privileges of the Press.

    In an indecent assault case yesterday the sub-inspector of police dress attention to the feet that a reporter of the Newcastle HERALD was present, although the public had been ordered to leave the ...

    Article : 90 words
  28. Death of Lord Dudley.

    LONDON, May 8.—The death is announced of the Earl of Dudley, in his 68th year. ...

    Article : 22 words
  29. The Mails.

    PORT SAID, May 6.—The R.M.S. Duke of West-minster left to-day outward. COLOMBO.—The P. and O. Co's R.M.S. Balaarat left to-day outward. The R.M.S. ...

    Article : 35 words
  30. Mr. Gerald Massey.

    We have been requested to state that, in consequence of the serious illness of Mr. Gerald Massey, that gentleman will not be able to deliver his lecture to-morrow evening as advertised. ...

    Article : 35 words
  31. A. M. P. Society.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  32. Commercial News.

    LONDON, May 7.—The directors of the Bank of England to-day determined to reduce the rate of discount to 3 per cent. The weekly returns of the Bank of England show that the proportion of the ...

    Article : 140 words
  33. Religious Education in State Schools.

    At Thursday's meeting of the Church of England Synod, Bishop Kennion proposed a new plan for meeting the difficulty of introducing religious education into State schools. In a speech ...

    Article : 521 words
  34. JEWS AND GENTILES.

    Sir,—With reference to the paragraph in your journal headed " The Jewish Race," in which it is stated that Mr. Jacobs recently asserted at a discussion held at the Anthropological Institute that mixed ...

    Article : 105 words
  35. Burwood Volunteers.

    Active steps are being taken to form a volunteer rifle corps for Burwood and the district. A public meeting, at which the Mayor will preside, will be held in the local School of Arts at 8 p.m. on Tuesday ...

    Article : 85 words
  36. The Police and their Prisoners.

    A correspondent writes :—Two stalwart policemen might have been seen in a leading street, the other evening, dragging a half-drunken woman to the "lockup," who was imploring the members of the ...

    Article : 105 words
  37. Peculiar Slander Case.

    In the Metropolitan District Court on Friday a peculiar cage of slander was heard before Judge Dowling. The plaintiff was Arthur R. Princeps, residing in Royston College ...

    Article : 337 words
  38. Newtown Volunteers.

    Yesterday Messrs. Gibbes and Mitchell, Ms.L.A., introduced to the Minister of Works a deputation from a public meeting, recently held in Newtown, asking that the Government would accept the ...

    Article : 483 words
  39. Commercial.

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  40. The National Defence.

    Among other matter which the next session of Parliament will certainly bring under debate is the question of national defence. The system which has hitherto prevailed was only playing at Volunteering ...

    Article : 123 words
  41. The Late Dr. Nachtigal.

    A recent cablegram announced the death of Dr. Nachtigal, the eminent explorer, who was connected with the Angra Pequena and Camerous affair. The following particulars are interesting:—Gustav ...

    Article : 282 words
  42. Advertising

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